One of my favorite docs on Frontline is the Life on Parole series which documents various parolee’s daily struggles to stay free once paroled from prison.
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Happy Birthday To LBC Music Legend Nate Dogg
Today (August 19) is the birthday of the ‘LBC’ OG, Nate Dogg.
Nathaniel “Nate Dogg” Hale was known for laying his velvety melodic hooks down on some of Hip Hop’s classic west coast bangers. His voice was golden.
Before going solo, Nate Dogg was a member of the rap trio 213. During his solo career he collaborated with artists such as Dr. Dre, Eminem, Warren G, Tupac Shakur, Westside Connection, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Ludacris & Xzibit on many hit releases.
He released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music & Me in 2001, and Nate Dogg in 2003.
Here’s a few more cool facts about Nate Dogg:
- He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1969.
- He began singing in church as a child where his father was the pastor and his mother — the choir director.
- He moved to Long Beach, CA at age 14 with his mother after his parents divorced.
- He is the cousin of LA rappers Butch Cassidy & Snoop Dogg.
- He dropped out of high school and left his mother’s home at age 17.
- He served 3 years in US Marine Corps as an ammunition specialist.
- In the mid 2000’s, Nate formed his own gospel group, Innate Praise.
- In 2008, Nate Dogg suffered 2 strokes — one leaving the left side of his body paralyzed.
- In 2011, Nate Dogg died at the age of 41 of complications from the previous strokes.
Rest In Paradise Nate Dogg. Your smooth illustrious voice is truly missed in music. There will never be another you.
Former Miss Kentucky Accused Of Smuggling Weed To Boyfriend In Prison
Love will make you do some crazy things.
According to NY Daily News –A former Miss Kentucky USA is accused of attempting to smuggle drugs to a man serving time in an Ohio prison.
When Kia Hampton walked into the Allen Correctional Institution back in May, officers had already gathered enough evidence to obtain a warrant for a cavity search after listening to series of recorded phone calls, the Courier-Journal reported.
Hampton, amid questioning from officers at the prison, reached into her pant leg and pushed a white balloon out onto the floor. Officers later determined she’d been attempting to smuggle about 2.82 grams of marijuana into the Allen County facility for inmate Jeremy Kelly, according to the newspaper.
The former beauty pageant contestant was arrested the same day and indicted earlier this month.
The 28-year-old faces one count of “illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility.”
It’s a third-degree felony that comes with a three-year prison sentence.
Hampton in November 2010 was crowned Miss Kentucky USA at the age of 21. She was the first African American selected to represent Miss Kentucky in the Miss USA Pageant.
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